AA SECURE SELF STORAGE LTD

🌳Matureactive
05977001 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£94.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -57% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £93,959
Cash draining
Cash down 57% YoY
Cash YoY
-57%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£961
↓ 57% YoY
Net Worth
£94k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£19k£38k£56k£75k£94kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£124.4k£120.7k
Current assets£32.5k£34.6k
Cash£961£2.2k
Debtors£31.5k£32.4k
Net assets£94.0k£82.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-05
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-11-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-10-27
    GREENLY, Angela Jayne appointed
    director
  9. 2021-10-27
    RIACH, Jessica Anne appointed
    director
  10. 2021-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-08-05
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-10-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AA SECURE SELF STORAGE LTD
  19. 2006-10-24
    GREENLY, Angela appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-10-24
    GREENLY, Andrew Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2006-10-24
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-10-24
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-10-24
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-10-24
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Richard Greenly
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Chestnuts Vine House Farm
Heath Lane
Navenby
Lincolnshire
LN5 0AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GREENLY, Angela
secretary · appointed 2006-10-24
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Active
GREENLY, Andrew Richard
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-10-24
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Active
GREENLY, Angela Jayne
director · ~62y · appointed 2021-10-27
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Active
RIACH, Jessica Anne
director · ~35y · appointed 2021-10-27
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2006-10-24
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-24 · resigned 2006-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31